CBS North Carolina took the issue straight to US Senator Thom Tillis.

 
“It’s an epidemic,” said Tillis, “We need to talk about it because that’s how we save lives and that’s how we finally start taking back the ground that we lost to people who have succumb to addiction,” he said.
 
Tillis is co-sponsoring the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which passed the Senate in a 94-1 vote. The bill would provide more resources for treatment programs. CBS North Carolina talked to Tillis while he was touring TROSA, one of the current programs that help people in long term recovery. Find out more here.
 
“As I travel across North Carolina and meet with constituents, I repeatedly hear stories of how opioid addiction has taken a personal toll on families and communities. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act takes a big step in the right direction by providing grants to substance abuse agencies, local governments, and non-profit organizations in areas of North Carolina and the rest of the nation that are being hit the hardest by opioid abuse,” said Tillis.

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